---
title: "New Horizons will transmit data to Earth at 1 to 4 kilobits per second for a year"
description: "New Horizons has sped past Pluto. Its next stage is a year-long downlink phase that will beam flyby images and other data to earth."
date: "2015-09-07"
modified: "2015-09-07"
authors:
  - name: "Kif Leswing"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kif_leswing"
url: "https://futurism.com/new-horizons-will-transmit-data-to-earth-for-the-next-year"
categories:
  - "NASA"
  - "New Horizons"
  - "Space"
---

# New Horizons will transmit data to Earth at 1 to 4 kilobits per second for a year

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/NHspacecraft.png>)

- It's hard to transfer data across the solar system. The radio signals from New Horizons will take 4 and half hours to reach earth, even at the speed of light.
- The download rate is even slower -- about 1 to 4 kilobits per second.
- But for space geeks, we'll get new unprocessed pictures from New Horizons' imager every Friday from NASA.